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It’s Modi govt vs Twitter & Facebook. The result will be a template for rest of the world

The stakes are particularly high for internet firms because — shut out of China — India is the only billion-people market up for grabs.

Delhi Police registers FIR against Twitter for allegedly allowing access to child pornography

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asked Delhi Police to book Twitter based on its findings that child sexual abuse material was easily available on the platform.

UP Police moves SC against relief granted to Twitter India chief by Karnataka High Court

The HC had restrained Ghaziabad police from taking any coercive action against Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari in connection with a video where a Muslim man was being assaulted.

MP govt to take legal action against Twitter for distorted India map, says Narottam Mishra

A map showing Union Territories of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir outside India, was noticed on Monday, leading to an uproar by netizens. Twitter had removed that map the same evening.

UP Police files FIR against Twitter officials over distorted India map on its website

The FIR was lodged Monday evening on the basis of a complaint by an office-bearer of Bajrang Dal for the map showing Union Territories of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir outside India.

Prashant Bhushan says Covid vaccines unsafe, Twitter marks his tweets as ‘misleading’

Bhushan said the "healthy young have hardly any chance of serious effects or dying due to covid. They have a higher chance of dying due to vaccines."

Twitter removes map displaying Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh as separate country after uproar

The distortion which appeared on Twitter website under the header 'Tweep Life', triggered a heavy backlash Monday and #TwitterBan was trending with almost 17,000 tweets.

Twitter website shows Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh as separate country

This is the second time Twitter has shown a wrong map of India. Earlier, it had shown Leh as part of China. The error comes amid its tussle with Indian govt over the new IT rules.

Without the privacy and data protection law, India’s regulation of Big Tech will be ad hoc

Concentration of power when it comes to discourse—what is promoted, shared or suppressed—should be more worrying than concentration of wealth.

Twitter withholds 35 tweets after receiving legal request from India

According to a document on the Lumen database, Twitter received a legal request from the Indian government on 21 June for action against 37 tweets.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.